brianvf

He wasn't saying that at all. Just that last year's team was very special, and it's not often that you have a team that comes together like that. UND has been lucky that we haven't had to wait 30 years for those type of teams...last year's team, Frattin's senior team, etc were those type of special teams. I would say we've had 3-4 "special teams" during our 16 yr drought...it's just that last year was the first time that they managed to pull it all together at the end.

And is home to some of the worst indoor ice ever!

I was pretty happy with the end result of the "product" this year! Glorious offseason, my friends!

BC is too high IMO. They lost like half their roster.

He probably wasn't going to crack the lineup with the 22 1st round draft picks they have coming in...

We'll have six of us there in our group, driving over from Phx. Can't wait!

When UMass wins the championship, the crowd of 3k will be left without much to cheer for.

That's an Eaves move! Signing them young and then dropping them later when the roster is too full. Haha, the Granato boys taking a page from Mikey.

Ouch. That is a major loss for DU.

The Brotherhood is young for the future dynasty next season.

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/it-really-looks-like-first-rounder-clayton-keller-is-sticking-with-ncaa-route/ Still sounding like Keller (and other high-end BU recruits) are still NCAA-bound.

No doubt. Helps that Brad is about 1000x better than Dilks as well.

It certainly is nice to go through an off-season completely content. So relaxing compared to past years when the team was very good but just fell short. Sure we lost five players to the pros. Sure we lost a great senior class. But what a year we had. And it will be another great season coming up. What a great summer to be a Fighting Sioux fan!

MSUM and ASU make 10. There it is.

We had the best defense in all of college hockey last year by a decent margin IMO, and not a single 1st rounder among them. That said, BU's incoming class is easily the best in the nation this year, and probably one of the best recruiting classes of all time. The flip side of that is that not all of them will adjust to college hockey as easily as Boeser or Connor did this year. Keller is certainly the real deal and will have a monster year. BU will have a good team next year but the negative for them is that they better hope they win it all in 16/17 because at least half of their studs will be gone after one season.

Not only keeping up, but we are the best. National Champs baby!

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/24/tyson-jost-colorado-avalanche-2016-nhl-draft/

http://undhockey.areavoices.com/?p=103356 Championship banner going up Oct 1st before the exhibition game. EDIT: stoney beat me to it.

Best of luck to Nick in the NHL! He really transformed himself into an elite college player in his two seasons. What a big jump in between his fr and so seasons...an amazing passer and backchecker with crazy soft hands. Thanks for being a huge part in hanging #8, Nick!

I'm bummed that he signed, but it makes it easier being that they are leaving champions.

Sugar beet or beetroot?

I hear that there is a sweet bicycle shop right down the I-10 from that arena.

Haha, and there it is. Everything you've posted is a biased opinion as well. As I said earlier, you'll never convince us that the CHL is superior, and it seems we'll never convince you. So there you go.

This all sounds eerily similar to the NCAA vs NTDP exhibition games that you were saying college programs "give it their best" for despite sitting top players and playing backup goalies. Fact: Yet despite Schmaltz being on a "lower" line, he still tied the all-powerful Dvorak in points. Fact: Tkachuk's point total had more to do with Matthews than anything. Spin it how you want man, but UND still beats London in a 7 game series. Fact.